Spain, Kingdom. An Order of Civil Merit, Grand Cross Star in Gold and Diamonds, c.1940 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac rolled it up in a

rolled it up in a ball and tucked it under a bush alongside the rice paddy and then started to walk

80 mm (W) x 46

marked on reverse with Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code “M1/25” for Rudolf Reiling

all unmarked and measuring 56 mm in diameter

15th Canadian Infantry Battalion - British-made

Spain, Kingdom. An Order of Civil Merit, Grand Cross Star in Gold and Diamonds, c.1940 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac rolled it up in a(Orden al Mrito Civil). Instituted by King Alfonso XIII on June 25, 1926. Of high quality manufacture, an exceptional and desirable beaded eight armed cross in polished silver, the obverse insignia in 18K Gold frame featuring an unusual superimposed silver female figure on an enameled white background, circumscribed by an enameled blue white framed four armed cross with the inscription AL MERITO CIVIL (To Civil Merit), crowned by period 18K Gold